Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development

Evaluation Study

We are please to share with you a report about PHENND and its effectiveness as an organization. This report was commissioned in the summer of 2007 at the beginning of a three-year grant funded project from PA/NY Campus Compact to Institutionalize Service-Learning at area campuses. The report is the first comprehensive look at PHENND as an organization and discusses its affect on its institutional and individual members.

According to the report, “for many university participants, PHENND has been especially helpful in introducing service learning to their campuses, as well as providing resources and information about service and service learning.” Approximately ¾ of the interviewees described ongoing involvement with PHENND as an important part of moving service learning forward at their institutions.